Zuzana brings NATO standard firepower to Slovak Army

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The army of Slovakia placed in May 1998 an order for 38+2 155-millimeter Zuzana self-propelled artillery systems, which will establish Slovakia as the first ex-Warsaw-Pact country to adopt an artillery system that satisfies the standards set by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO. The Zuzana self-propelled gun-howitzer will serve as the foundation of the Slovak Army's new artillery brigade, which will be made up of mortar batteries with eight 98-millimeter mortars each and Zuzana self-propelled artillery batteries with eight vehicles each.

Slovakia, International politics, Other Ordnance and Accessories Manufacturing, Guns & Howitzers, 151-200mm, Artillery, Article, Zuzana

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Uganda pays over the odds for tanks that will not work

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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has ordered an investigation into an apparently anomalous purchase of T-55 tanks from Eastern Europe. The 90-tank deal was estimated to cost $35 million even as only five of the tanks arrived in working condition. One official said that a tank in the deal cost $450,000, although the top price of a T-55, with spares, is typically about $50,000 in Eastern Europe.

Military Armored Vehicle, Tank, and Tank Component Manufacturing, Uganda, Tanks & Tracked BF Vehicles

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Favela firepower: outgunning the gangs in Rio

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The article examines the changing nature of gangs in Rio de Janeiro, as the police and militias increase pressure by challenging the gangs for control of urban areas.

Brazil, Company legal issue, Investigations, Police, Police officers, Control, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (City), Gang violence, Militias

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